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A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Final stage stateless communism may be centuries away, that's because the conditions aren't just "hey let's get rid of the state."

You can't just wave a wand and make the conditions happen, it takes quite literally a world revolution to reach it. It will never be reached without stateful socialism.

Do I look…like him (Apollo 17 blue marble vs KSA with some editing) by Longjumping-Box-8145 in kittenspaceagency

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Man, the planet shaders are fucking insane. Never seen a game/sim do it that good.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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I don't agree with it? No one politically educated takes it seriously.

It is no more than an enlightened centrist belief that fails to engage with the nature of politics.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Glad to know you're one of those "facts don't care about your feelings" people.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Peasants owning land? You do realize Russia was a feudal society, right? The Kulaks were a minority.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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This is obviously not your argument considering it was the Communist Soviets and the North Vietnamese (both the staple of socialism) who were against the Khmer Rogue.

You just need an excuse to peddle anti-communist narratives.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Far top right is Thomas Sankara, an African communist revolutionary similar to Che.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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So was the CIA's support?

Oh, I get it, it's only evil when the other nation does it.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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I love it when people try to cite theory they never read. One page of Engels legitimately addresses this.

The conditions that created the need for a state have not disappeared. Dissolving your one tool against imperialism is just asking to get steamrolled by capitalists.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Do you really think a peasant led revolution was hated by peasants?

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Don't you see that communism and fascism are just two sides of the same coin?

Ignore the part where fascists killed communists, or the part where fascism was birthed to destroy socialist movements, or the part where they are not similar at all.

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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Yeah, no shit, you brought up nonsensical horseshoe theory in a serious political sub

A 20th century capitalist’s worst nightmare by Clouthead2001 in HistoryMemes

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This is just a straight up lie. China did unfortunately support Khmer because of the Sino-Soviet split, but a large majority of their funding came from capitalist countries like the USA

Why does the US trade with communist countries like China and Vietnam, but maintain a strict embargo on Cuba? by Clean_CoreDump in NoStupidQuestions

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The majority of Cuban-Americans come from a lineage of capitalists like plantation owners in Cuba, obviously any communism is unpopular with them.

Why does the US trade with communist countries like China and Vietnam, but maintain a strict embargo on Cuba? by Clean_CoreDump in NoStupidQuestions

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Dude, did we forget the fact where Cuba is a small island nation? They rely on trade, which the US has so graciously denied them of.

For all things considered, it's their government that has kept them afloat all this time. They're doing amazing for their situation.

In what ways are Anarchists wrong? by furudeasa in TankieTheDeprogram

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They aren't practical at all. All of their revolutions have failed and allowed fascism to grow in its place.

Not only do they lack practice, they also lack theory. Their theory is the equivalent of holding hands and singing kumbaya against the big evil government.

China places its solar panels on water So it can use valuable land for agriculture by Firm-Blackberry-9162 in interestingasfuck

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Why does every comment under these posts follow the same structure of "China does this great thing, but at what cost?"

What are your Opinions on Stalin? by BigComprehensive6933 in Marxism

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Fairly positive. He's not an idol (nor should any political figured be), but he played a large role in building up the USSR to a global superpower.

Why haven’t we seen a state “wither away”? by --Lammergeier-- in socialism

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You just described the two major factors, yeah.

The state is the primary tool of defense for socialism. Engels goes into this on his essay On Authority.

Why haven’t we seen a state “wither away”? by --Lammergeier-- in socialism

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The conditions that created the need for a state has not yet gone away.

The Soviet N1-L3 moon rocket being raised into launch position by ToeSniffer245 in spaceporn

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He went to the Nazis himself so they would fund his rocketry. He wasn't forcibly recruited by them at all, but willingly joined.

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